A man wanted for a $273 unpaid fine now faces an evading arrest charge after he ran from Orange police Sunday evening. Police reported finding the man curled up in the fetal position in a wooded lot on John Avenue. He surrendered without resistance; however, a police officer was injured when he fell down chasing the man.
Damon Rochard Lewis was taken to the Orange County Jail for the misdemeanor warrant plus the Class A misdemeanor of evading arrest. Police said a patrol officer saw a man walking in the 1000 block of Second Street about 7:30 p.m. A check with dispatch showed the warrant for driving without a license.
He stopped when police first turned out flashing lights. However, when Officer D.Y Myers got out of his patrol car, the man started running. Police reported Myers fell while running.
Other officers joined the chase which turned west on John Avenue. Witnesses told police the man went into the wooded lot. Police surrounded the lot and found the man trying to hide.
A Class A misdemeanor carries a maximum fine of $4,000 and a maximum of a year in county jail.
A fishing boy and a frog were stolen last week. A resident in the 4200 block of Mortar Street called Orange police about 5:30 p.m. Thursday to report concrete yard figures and a five-foot wrought-iron plant stand had been stolen.
The green concrete frog is about 12-inches by 12-inches. The fishing boy statue has red freckles and red pants. The owner said the decorations had been owned by her parents.
Also, police are investigating the theft of a pickup truck in the Cove area. A man living in the 1800 block of Arkansas called police at 10:25 a.m. Sunday to report a dark purple 1997 Nissan pickup truck was stolen from the driveway.
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